A Northern Nevada Garden

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My friend Jean is a master of tomato germination. I have been lucky to be the beneficiary of this talent for the past two years. Here’s what I have growing in the garden thanks to her: Bush Early Girl, compact determinate, 54 days Red Rocket, determinate, 60 days Fireworks, indeterminate, 60 days Applause, determinate, 66 [...]

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…and for homework, but that’s another post. Yesterday was the day for junking the junipers. There were three in the side garden out front. I didn’t really DISLIKE them exactly…they were the creeping kind, pretty color and they smell nice. But they had created a monoculture and they are a fire hazard (just a tad [...]

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The first set of tomato plants are happily growing in their Walls of Water. It’s been warm enough to remove them but I have discovered that the Walls also keep the plants from drying out AND protect them from the sun, so I am leaving them up a bit longer. I have some new transplants [...]

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I bought eight water hyacinths for the pond. The look so small floating in the pond. I had to look at my pictures from last year to remind myself that plants GROW. The garden–including the water garden– leaps between May and June. I bought a couple of tomato plants to get an early start. Most [...]

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Did a little more clean-up in the veggie garden. Spread compost and mixed in some Dr. Earth organic veggie fertilizer to rejuvenate the soil. We planted 3 Ichiban eggplants and 1 Jalapeño pepper (all to be protected by wall o’ waters until the danger of frost is passed). At the end of last season, I [...]

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April 17: We had the pond professionally cleaned. We did this 2 years ago but not last year. It made a difference. Interested side effect: now our fish are interested in fish food! They were never interested before. April 19: Cleaned out the garden beds and filled the compost bins. Spread a garbage can full [...]

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